HARTLEY’S SPORTS SHORTS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH

Payne scored all three goals for UNBC in a pair of weekend soccer losses against the MacEwan Griffins; 3-2 Friday and 2-1 Saturday.

The third-year player from Kitimiat has become the Timberwolves all-time single-season record holder for goals in a season with eight, which also leads Canada West.

Payne and the 1-6-3 Lady Timberwolves play a couple of road games this weekend in Alberta: Saturday (11:00 a.m. PT) in Calgary against the 9-1 Dinos and Sunday (11:00 a.m.) in Lethbridge against the 1-8-1 Pronghorns.

–The UNBC men’s soccer team hosts the (2-6-4) UBC Okanagan Heat Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 at Masich Place Stadium.

PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS:

Prince George Cougars forward Josh Maser has been slapped with a four-game suspension by the WHL.

The 19-year-old forward Maser was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for slew-footing Giants forward Justin Sourdif in the Cougars 3-2 (Saturday) loss to Vancouver.

The 2-4-0-1 Prince George Cougars play Friday in Medicine Hat.

They also visit Lethbridge Saturday and Kootenay Sunday.

PRINCE GEORGE SPRUCE KINGS:

The 7-3-0-1 Prince George Spruce Kings host the 6-4 Powell River Kings on Thursday and the 5-4-1 Salmon Arm Silverbacks on Saturday.

The Spruce Kings are third in the BCHL Mainland Division, a point behind Coquitlam and three back of Chilliwack.

NHL: (4 Canadian teams in action Tuesday)

Carolina 5 Vancouver 3
(Sven Baertschi notched two goals and an assist for the 1-2 Canucks. Elias Pettersson picked up an assist to give him six points in three games)

The Canucks, 0-2 on a six-game road trip, play at Tampa Bay Thursday, Florida Saturday, Pittsburgh Tuesday and Winnipeg the 18th before returning home to face Boston on the 20th.

Calgary 3 Nashville 0Winnipeg 2 Los Angeles 1Toronto 7 Dallas 4

There are three NHL games tonight including Philadelphia at Ottawa.

The other match-ups have Vegas at Washington and Arizona at Anaheim.

–Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Matt Murray is dealing with a concussion for the third time in his career.

The 24-year-old Murray was injured during Monday’s practice.

CARIBOO COUGARS:

(BCMML)

The Cariboo Cougars will be off this weekend. They visit the Thompson Blazers in Kamloops October 20th (12:15 p.m.) and 21st (11:00AM).

MLB:

(ALDS)

Boston Red Sox 4 New York Yankees 3

The Red Sox won the best-of-five series 3-1. Boston advances to play the Houston Astros in the first LCS matchup of 100-win teams since both leagues featured one in 1977.

(NLDS)

The National League best-of-seven Championship Series will open Friday night with the LA Dodgers at the Milwaukee Brewers.

CFL:

The BC Lions expect starting quarterback Travis Lulay to return to their line-up for Saturday’s game in Calgary.

Lulay has been on the sidelines since Sept. 14 after suffering a dislocated left shoulder against the Montreal Alouettes.

The 34-year-old Lulay has thrown for eight touchdowns passes and four interceptions this year.

The 7-7 Lions are in fourth place in the West Division with four games remaining, all against Western opposition.